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That would be inhumane, what is next? paying college athletes a portion of the money generated?

and we know paying people increases the supply of willing donors because we allow it with blood. Most of the worlds donated blood plasma comes from the US because we allow compensating the donors. i see know reason not to allow paying for other organs that wont kill the donor. why not allow selling extra kidneys pieces of liver, a lung. pay for the all of the donors medical cost + a large enough a sum of money to make it worth it for the would be donor.

There are some real moral qualms there. A healthy person can spare some plasma and they’ll make more quickly. You can’t grow a replacement kidney. If organ sales were legal, people are certain to sell them for horrific reasons. Take the dumbass who sold a kidney to buy an iPhone: https://www.vice.com/en/article/teen-who-sold-a-kidney-for-a...

But is it good to sell a kidney to pay for a relative’s medical care because insurance doesn’t cover their condition? How about a piece of liver for a house down payment? Or stop complaining about tuition and donate a lung like your cousin did.

I’ve played Cyberpunk. Selling organs is a big step toward a future I’d prefer not to experience.

or if that's a concern just give a $1000 per year pay out to everyone who agrees to be organ donor after they die.

I've got a better idea: allow embryonic stem cell research, pump money into tissue growth/printing research and let's just solve this stupid problem at the source.

Every surgery has risks and it's dystopia to force people into that economically.

https://edition.cnn.com/2024/08/30/asia/myanmar-organ-sellin...

And that's not the worst that can happen

OPOs are supposed to be non-profit, anyhow?

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